Olof Palme

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Dansen kring Guldbaggen
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Filmed during the first ever Guldbaggen (golden scarab) awards, it was edited and developed that night and shown for the first time to the guests at the after party.
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Badjävlar
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Badjävlar

Apr 28, 1971
Holidays on the swedish east coast. Invading summer guests collide with the locals, all without inhibitions. The formerly so radical Social Democratic municipal councilor has completely lost his visions and fully accepts that the area is transformed into a tourist resort for the rich.
Comedy
Norrmalmstorgsdramat inifrån
7.7
"The Norrmalmstorgs drama from the inside" - For more than 30 years, the bank-robber Janne Olsson refused to talk about the noted bank-robbery at Norrmalmstorg, Stockholm, in 1973. This is the first interview with Olsson.
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Gåtan Christer Pettersson
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About the man who first convicted and then acquitted of the murder of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme (1986). The program depicts his life from the beginning to the dramatic end.
Året var 1973
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Året var 1973

Jan 30, 2023
At the end of August 1973, a robber takes hostages at the Kreditbanken at Norrmalmstorg. A week or so later, on September 15, King Gustaf VI Adolf dies in Helsingborg's hospital and Sweden gets a new king: Carl XVI Gustaf. In Chile, the military takes power and the popularly elected president Salvador Allende is overthrown. That and much more in this column about the year 1973.
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Betongen som blommar
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Betongen som blommar

Jan 01, 1982
The film was financed by the local municipal administration to document and give a more positive image of Tensta-Rinkeby, Stockholm.
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Ett hjärta är alltid rött
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Born from the ashes of the iconic punk band Ebba Grön, this documentary tells the story of Imperiet and their journey to become the leading star of the post-punk generation and one of Sweden's biggest rock bands. It's also the story of Sweden, at a time in which they took their firm position on the world stage and when political commitment from the artists was a necessity.
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Nallar och människor
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Nallar och människor

Mar 17, 1989
A group of teddybears awaken in the attic after years of storage. Store-Nalle (Big Teddy) explains the history of the species, from the very first teddybears manufactured in Germany. Other segments include dramatizations of the directors' childhood memories, as well as interviews with several stuffed animal owners.
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Sista varningen!
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Sista varningen!

Mar 10, 1980
About the question of whether we should proceed in developing and using nuclear power and the breakdown at Three Mile Island, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in March 28, 1979.
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Je suis curieuse - version jaune
5.7
Fin des années 1960. Un vent de révolte souffle sur l'Europe. En Suède, le réalisateur suit son amie, une jeune activiste de 22 ans, Lena Nyman, alors qu'elle interroge de nombreuses personnes sur diverses questions politiques et de société, à travers le pays.
Drama
Den vita sporten
6.9

Den vita sporten

Sep 08, 1968
Documentary film about the protests against the 1968 Davis Cup tennis match between Sweden and Rhodesia, in Båstad, Sweden. In a series of interviews, demonstrators and members of the Swedish government give their views on sport, politics and civil disobedience.
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Who Killed Olof Palme?
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About the murder of Olof Palme Feb. 28, 1986. Palme was a strong willed and maverick Swedish prime minister. He was idealistic in the extreme in that he believed he could defeat evil forces in the world by the power of his moral stance and the strength of his convictions. New and old suspects and theories surface in this film. Plus a fairly new informer, Ivan von Birchan.
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Staten och kapitalet
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Staten och kapitalet

May 21, 2018
The Swedish elementary and secondary school is one of the world's most market liberal. How did we get there? Who took those decisions? This is the story of how parts of the Swedish school system got outsourced.
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Barn av vår tid
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Barn av vår tid

Oct 14, 2017
Nacksving (1975-1981) - the influential and short-lived cooperative record company in Gothenburg, Sweden. The comprehensive and powerful multi-cultural socialistic music theatre project, Tältprojektet (1977). And the ANC Gala at the Scandinavium Arena in Gothenburg 1985. It is also a film about ideals, the left wing movement and political changes in Sweden during the 70's and the 80's. Following Nacksving's bankruptcy, the subsidiary record company Transmission and Nacksving Recording Studio continued.
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Sagolandet
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Sagolandet

Feb 08, 1988
"Land of Dreams" - When the daughter Johanna is born in 1983, Jan Troell tells the story about his childhood Sweden and how things were when he grow-up in the land of fairy tales and potential prosperity.
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Jul 02, 1998

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Histoire basée sur un fait réel, celle de Karl Koch, jeune pirate informatique de dix-neuf ans. Fascine par Hagbard Céline, personnage d'un roman, il fait preuve d'un talent sans faille pour accéder aux réseaux informatiques mondiaux pour les pirater. C'est ainsi que, courtise par le KGB, il en devient un agent. Mais, intoxique à la cocaïne, il souffre de plus en plus d'hallucinations et perd peu a peu le sens des réalités.
Drama
Bordellhärvan
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Bordellhärvan

Mar 12, 2013
"The Brothel Scandal" - In 1977, the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter (Daily News) published an article naming Sweden's former Attorney General Lennart Geijer as a threat to the security of Sweden. A shady story about teenage prostitution, concealing intimate sexual matters and political power takes off.
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Lisbet
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Lisbet

Feb 26, 2011
About Lisbet Palme - the wife of Olof Palme - Prime Minister of Sweden - till the night of his murder Feb 28, 1986. Lisbet Palme is a prominent child psychologist. Her social commitment specially regarding women and children are widely known.
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Kårhusockupationen
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Kårhusockupationen

Jun 12, 1968
"The Invasion of the Student Union" - Stockholm, Sweden, May 24th. It all started as a regular student meeting, evolved into a mass-meeting and an invasion of the house, with all ended three days later. The students were primarily upset regarding a draft about a changed curriculum in higher education. They also pursued various political dogmas. The angry students called out for the responsible minister of the government. This happened to be Olof Palme. He arrived at the mass-meeting where he suffered much criticism.
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Hasse & Tage - En kärlekshistoria
7.3
Hasse and Tage were best friends for over 30 years. Their films, shows, songs and books influenced an entire nation and were the glue that held people's home together. As a comedic duo, they united right-wing ghosts and anarchists in laughter. When Tage dies prematurely, his children lose a father, Hasse a father figure and all of Sweden a country father. And when Palme dies just months after Tage, the Swedish stable society begins to crumble. For the first time, the Alfredson and Danielsson families open up the archives and give us exclusive access to their stories, photographs and recordings.
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Palme
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Palme

Sep 14, 2012
Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was openly shot to death on a February evening 1986 on the streets of Stockholm. In one night, the country of Sweden was transfigured. “Palme” is about his life, his time, and about the Sweden he had created. About a man who altered history.
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Året var 1975
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Året var 1975

Dec 29, 2024
This is the year when the Vietnam War ends and terrorists take over the West German embassy in Stockholm. On TV, Staffan Westerberg's "Vilse i Pannkakan" coincides with Ingmar Bergman's "The Magic Flute". Despite the cold war, the USA and the Soviet Union take the opportunity to meet - in space! And Davis Cup tennis is played in Båstad. Sweden meets Chile and the police fear riots. This and much more in "The year was 1975" by Jonas Fohlin and Eva Tillberg.
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Året var 1972
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Året var 1972

Dec 26, 2021
In 1972 the green wave sweeps over Sweden, guiding people back to nature away from the cities. Events range from escalated food prices in Skärholmen, the escape of fifteen prisoners from Kumlaanstalten, Sweden's first hijacking, and an Olympic year in Munich, marked by both Swedish success and tragedy with the attack on 11 Israeli athletes. The year also sees emigration to Australia, refugee intake from Idi Amin's Uganda, sports achievements, music releases, and daily life routines throughout various Swedish towns.
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Året var 1970
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Året var 1970

Jan 27, 2020
This is the year with a music party at Gärdet in Stockholm, and Lee Hazlewood and Nina Lizell wonder who can sail before the wind. The Vietnam War continues and the United States is bombing Cambodia. In Stockholm, police officers write in protest against poor conditions and the rockers take the chance to take over the town. During the "cannon race" on the Gellerås track, a fatal accident occurs. Director Roy Andersson's first feature film "En kärlekshistoria" is a must see.
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Året var 1968
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Året var 1968

Jan 02, 2018
1968 - the year of riots, fights and protests. And demonstrations: against the Vietnam War, against teenage fairs, against the Davis Cup and even against Christmas. It is also the year of the invasion of Prague, the very last student exam and the assassination of Martin Luther King.
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Från A till Ö
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Från A till Ö

Jun 05, 1975
Hedvig lives in a trailer in the woods and has a nose for learning new words. Helping her is Helge, an owl who lives on her roof.
Family
Der Fall Barschel
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Der Fall Barschel

Feb 06, 2016
West Germany, 1987. The politician Uwe Barschel (1944-87), member of the Christian Democratic Union party and Minister-President of the Schleswig-Holstein region, is found dead in very sinister circumstances. Reporter David Burger pledges to find the truth behind one of the most important political scandals in German history, investigating countless speculations and conspiracy theories as he fights his own personal demons.
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